[Photo Album of Hand-Colored Landscape Photos with Many in National Parks and Forests.]

  • Colorado, Montana and Wyoming , 1927
Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, 1927. Very good. 10” x 12¾”. String tied, full leather over flexible card. 70 pages with 126 hand-colored photos mostly glued down. Most photos measure from 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” to 5 ¼” x 3 ¼” with 14 measuring 5” x 7” or larger; most are captioned. Album very good with moderate wear; contents generally near fine or better.

This is an album of lovely handcolored photos which document National Parks and Forests in Colorado and Montana. Areas depicted include Glacier National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone, the San Isabel National Forest,and Gunnison National Forest. Other areas include Swissvale, Almont, Monarch Pass, Pueblo, and Estes Park.

The first page of the album is an artful collection of circular images of the Rockies. Detailed captions in an elegant hand identify specific mountains and ranges, lakes, rivers, and glaciers. There are also 13 pages of photos, each with a particular subject and five to seven photos of each subject including “Lakes of the Rockies,” “Mountain Peaks,” “Mountain Streams,” “Clouds,” and “Rocky Mountain Cabins I Have Known.”

A collection of stunning and colorful images of National Parks.

Details

Title

[Photo Album of Hand-Colored Landscape Photos with Many in National Parks and Forests.]

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Colorado, Montana and Wyoming

Date

1927


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